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Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball.Sun, 02 Aug 2015 20:43:12 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: Paul Whitehttp://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/23/check-out-this-program-from-the-1946-world-series/comment-page-1/#comment-602469
Thu, 24 Oct 2013 13:07:42 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=501490#comment-602469oWAR with the Red Sox:

Ruth – 19.4
Williams – 126.3

The End

]]>By: 18thstreethttp://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/23/check-out-this-program-from-the-1946-world-series/comment-page-1/#comment-602452
Thu, 24 Oct 2013 12:35:13 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=501490#comment-602452The idea of the “collectable” didn’t really exist then, right? I mean, someone would spend 25 cents on it to get a scorecard and learn a little bit more about the opposing team’s players. Maybe you’d give it to your kid afterwards. But there was no idea that the program would some day be worth something, right?
]]>By: asimonetti88http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/23/check-out-this-program-from-the-1946-world-series/comment-page-1/#comment-602402
Thu, 24 Oct 2013 05:58:55 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=501490#comment-602402How is it not relevant? Is Ken Griffey Jr. the best hitter in the history of the White Sox?
]]>By: proudlycanadianhttp://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/23/check-out-this-program-from-the-1946-world-series/comment-page-1/#comment-602401
Thu, 24 Oct 2013 05:57:03 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=501490#comment-602401Not relevant to my argument. He was a better hitter than Williams.
]]>By: asimonetti88http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/23/check-out-this-program-from-the-1946-world-series/comment-page-1/#comment-602384
Thu, 24 Oct 2013 04:38:19 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=501490#comment-602384Ruth only spent two seasons playing in the outfield the majority of the time for the Red Sox.
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Thu, 24 Oct 2013 02:05:43 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=501490#comment-602286Proudly, assuming you are being serious and not sarcastic with the racism comment, Musial played, if I can count properly, 17 seasons after MLB ceased to be all white guys. And I get the feeling that a player as good as Musial would have been just as successful against the best black pitchers and fielders as he was against the white fellows he succeeded against during his first few years.
]]>By: thebigwhitecathttp://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/23/check-out-this-program-from-the-1946-world-series/comment-page-1/#comment-602256
Thu, 24 Oct 2013 01:28:29 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=501490#comment-602256This was Ted Williams’s only World Series. He hit .200 with five hits, all singles.
]]>By: proudlycanadianhttp://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/23/check-out-this-program-from-the-1946-world-series/comment-page-1/#comment-602196
Thu, 24 Oct 2013 00:13:11 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=501490#comment-602196How many years did Stan The Man play after MLB was integrated? His career numbers are skewed by racism.
]]>By: cohnjusackhttp://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/23/check-out-this-program-from-the-1946-world-series/comment-page-1/#comment-602185
Wed, 23 Oct 2013 23:52:26 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=501490#comment-602185 A case can be made for Pujols over Stan the Man

]]>By: chew1985http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/23/check-out-this-program-from-the-1946-world-series/comment-page-1/#comment-602183
Wed, 23 Oct 2013 23:49:44 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=501490#comment-602183Albert has him on homers but Stan the Man was an extra base hitting machine…725 double and he out-triples Albert 177 to 31.

Stan the Man at age 41 hit .330 with 19 homers and 82 rbi.

Albert at 34 is questionable to even come close again to his underwhelming 2012 numbers(.285, 30 hr, 105 rbi).

Starting at age 29, Albert’s batting average has been in a freefall each year since.

You can’t be serious on that one.

]]>By: ezwriter69http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/23/check-out-this-program-from-the-1946-world-series/comment-page-1/#comment-602181
Wed, 23 Oct 2013 23:46:41 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=501490#comment-602181The case against Musial for Pujols could only be made by an idiot. Not even his Mama believes that.
]]>By: Caught Lookinghttp://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/23/check-out-this-program-from-the-1946-world-series/comment-page-1/#comment-602175
Wed, 23 Oct 2013 23:35:38 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=501490#comment-602175And even if it was Williams batting right, it would still be more accurate than this 1946 program that was produced in anticipation of the Dodgers beating the Cardinals in the playoffs that season.

]]>By: philliesblowhttp://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/23/check-out-this-program-from-the-1946-world-series/comment-page-1/#comment-602165
Wed, 23 Oct 2013 23:04:36 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=501490#comment-602165Is that supposed to be Williams on the cover? Looks to be a right handed swing.
]]>By: moogrohttp://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/23/check-out-this-program-from-the-1946-world-series/comment-page-1/#comment-602164
Wed, 23 Oct 2013 22:59:26 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=501490#comment-602164It was cool to find out the Red Sox used to be the Americans, and the Cardinals used to be the Nationals. With Nattitude?
]]>By: johnnysodahttp://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/23/check-out-this-program-from-the-1946-world-series/comment-page-1/#comment-602163
Wed, 23 Oct 2013 22:59:04 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=501490#comment-602163Check out the price on that program- 25 cents, the equivalent of $2.90 today.

Last year’s program? $15. Gotta love it.

]]>By: proudlycanadianhttp://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/23/check-out-this-program-from-the-1946-world-series/comment-page-1/#comment-602160
Wed, 23 Oct 2013 22:56:02 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=501490#comment-602160They were certainly 2 of the greatest hitters of all time, but possibly not the greatest hitter to have ever played for those teams. A case can be made for Pujols over Stan the Man and I would argue that Babe Ruth was the greatest hitter to ever play for the Red Sox even if they used him as a pitcher.
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